What do the Common Core State Standards hope to address? Are they a good step toward improving education in places like those in Kozol’s book? Why or why not?
What is the difference between formative and summative assessment? Give examples of each from classes you took in high school and college.
Define diagnostic assessment.
What is the difference between norm-referenced measures and criterion-referenced measures? Which would you personally prefer to take and why? (There is no wrong answer to the second part of this question). Does the subject being tested influence your preference?
What is the difference between holistic and analytic assessment?
What does the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) model assess? What is one fundamental difference between DOK and Bloom’s Taxonomy?
Define a growth model as it applies to teacher and/or school evaluation.
Define a value-added model as it applies to teacher and/or school evaluation.
What problems might occur with the two models above? Examine the section “Testing Challenges” (pages 322-323). Which concerns you the most? The least? Or do they all concern you equally (or not concern you at all)?
On pages 321-322, the PISA test is discussed. Here is some information the book does not provide: If American students are disaggregated by zip codes, those living and going to school in the most affluent zip codes do as well as or better than students from the top ranking countries. How does this change your interpretation of this section of the textbook? Or does it change your interpretation at all?
What do the Common Core State Standards hope to address? Are they a good step toward improving education in places like those in Kozol’s book? Why or why not?
What is the difference between formative and summative assessment? Give examples of each from classes you took in high school and college.
Define diagnostic assessment.
What is the difference between norm-referenced measures and criterion-referenced measures? Which would you personally prefer to take and why? (There is no wrong answer to the second part of this question). Does the subject being tested influence your preference?
What is the difference between holistic and analytic assessment?
What does the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) model assess? What is one fundamental difference between DOK and Bloom’s Taxonomy?
Define a growth model as it applies to teacher and/or school evaluation.
Define a value-added model as it applies to teacher and/or school evaluation.
What problems might occur with the two models above?
Examine the section “Testing Challenges” (pages 322-323). Which concerns you the most? The least? Or do they all concern you equally (or not concern you at all)?
On pages 321-322, the PISA test is discussed. Here is some information the book does not provide: If American students are disaggregated by zip codes, those living and going to school in the most affluent zip codes do as well as or better than students from the top ranking countries. How does this change your interpretation of this section of the textbook? Or does it change your interpretation at all?